The option on Wild Turkey fell through, but there is another interested party...a bit miffed because we had a verbal deal set in place and the money guy backed out last minute.
Fifty Bucks is optioned,though (same money guy), but one of the guys involved, who will act in it, is giving a go at the rewrites himself. Whatever. he is WGA, though, and has some film credits, including a Ray Liotta film. No one has ever been able to match my cadence and dialogue when trying to work inside one of my scripts. They can't. A few have tried and failed; no one has succeeded. But everyone in Hollywood wants to "play writer" because if it "looks" easy, they think it's "easy."
The money guy asked me about writing some short scripts for what will be Grindhouse Online. We came up with a verbal deal but he has yet to pay me, so I have done no work yet on the script he asked me to revise or revising the other one of mine, "The Crimes of Joy," that he seems to want. (A short segment of that script appears asa TV show that Achilles Pumpkinseed watches in The Watermelon, shot in cool noirish black and white.)
Trying to wrap new screenplay, North Hollywood, before 2009 rings in, so I can "feel" like I finished one more screenplay for 2008.
Doing a short script adapt of Carver's story, "Gazebo," for myself.
Still working on pilot script of Sanchez & Kelly.
Didn't make final cut at Sundance Screenwriting Labs for The Gold Tooth.
Have submitted Stations with my application to Film Independent's Director's Lab.
The Watermelon didn't make it in Slamdance or Palm Springs Film Fest -- which was a long shot anyway. It is currently at Santa Barbara, Tribeca, Beverly Hills, Newport Beach, Portland, Los Angeles, and Malibu. An entertainment lawyer has agreed to rep us and we got high scores at a certain sales rep group who may offer to take it on once the top guy takes a look-see.
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